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Personal info

Full name
HORNSBY, Horace Eugene
Date of birth
22 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Hartford, Geneva County, Alabama
Hometown
Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34057391
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 17 10

Immediate family

Members
Byron Hornsby (father)
Quillie Hornsby (mother)
Guy Hornsby (brother)
Byron Hornsby (brother)
Jim Hornsby (brother)
Roy Hornsby (brother)
Virginia (Gibbs) Hornsby (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Horace E. Hornsby attended Miami High School where he was active in football, baseball and basketball. He was the owner of a drug store.

He enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 8 October 1941.

He was awarded his second Bronze Star medal for heroic achievement on 3 December 1944. As a radio operator during an attack against heavily defended enemy positions, he exposed himself to direct enemy fire in order to maintain communications with tank elements.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Cards / Florida, County Marriage Records 1823-1982, The Miami News - 18 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Miami Herald - 27 April 1945